System of drainage



(No Model.)

J. 8v F. H. NICHOLSON.

SYSTEM 0F DRAINAGE.

Patented Sept. Z7, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSIAII NICHOLSON AND FRANCIS H. NICHOLSON, OF BELVIDERE, NORTHCAROLINA.

SYSTEM OF DRAINAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent NO. 483,236, datedSeptember 27, 1892.

Application tiled May 9,1892. Serial No. 432,347. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, JOsIAH NICHOLSON and FRANCIS H. NICHOLSON, citizensof the United States, residing at Belvidere, in the county of Perquimansand State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Systems of Drainage; and we do declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

It is a well-known fact that in some conntries and in some portions ofthe country where it is desirable and sometimes neces-` sary to drainthe land the fall is so slight as to render it impossible to drain theland by ordinary means and Ordinary tile, as the fall is not sufficientto permit of satisfactory carrying oif of the water. In such places ithas sometimes been proposed to resort to pumps for forcing the water insome instances into a receptacle or receptacles situated intermediatethe part to be drained and the place of deposit of the water. This hasbeen found too expensive, and, besides, it requires the attendance andattention of one or more persons to manipulate the pump or pumps.

The object of this invention is to drain such lands by simple and cheapyet efficient means which shall be in a measure automatic in theiraction and by which the land t shall be effectually drained, even wherethe fall is very slight. We have in practical operation a system inconformity with this invention draining over two hundred feet, in whichthe fall is about sixteen inches; yet the results are perfectlysatisfactory. No pumps are required, and the land is effectually drainedwithout the attention of any person. Itis automatic in its action. It isvery simple and cheaply constructed. It re quires the work of onlyordinary workmen and does not require skilled workmen. Hence it can bereadily constructed by any ordinary farmer.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by theappended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in whichM Figure l is a side elevation showing oneform of apparatus for carrying out our invention. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the receptacle detached.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in both of the views wherethey occur.

In carrying out our invention we place the receptacle A, which may be ofany suitable shape, size, and material, at any desired distance from thelead ditch or drain B, and from the outlet-nipple ot of this receptacleleads the pipe or tile C, which is slightly inclined from the saidoutlet to the drain. The receptacle is set vertically in the ground, asshown, and near its bottom it has an inletnipple a', with which isconnected the pipe or tile D, which is slightly inclined, as shown, andwhich may, if desired, in turn be connected with another likereceptacle. (Not shown.) The letter E designates the surface of theground being drained.

The operation will be readily understood. The tile or pipes are laidwith suficient inclination to give enough fall to allor the water to runeasily, which, however, will not be great, and the tile C not onlyconducts away or takes oit the water running into itself, but also thewater entering the tile D, which runs into the receptacle or vessel Aand is forced up into the said vessel, the top of which is below theupper end of the pipe D, and thus the Water from the tile D is forcedout through the tile C to the ditch.

It will thus be seen that the operation is practically automatic, thatno pump is required, and no attention necessary on the part of anattendant. "With this system 10W ground can be cheaply and easilydrained, where it would be impossible to do so by the ordinary methods.

What is claimed as new is The combination, with a submerged receptaclehaving inlet and outlet nipples at top and bottom upon opposite sides,ofpiping communicating with said nipples and extending therefrom inopposite directions in oppositely-inelined parallel planes, with theinlet end of one above the outlet ends of both, subtantially as shownand described.

In testimony Wheieoi` We affix our signatures in presence of twoWitnesses.

JOSIAH NICHOLSON. FRANCIS H. NICHOLSON.

Witnesses:

O. C. COPELAND, Tnos. N. WHITE.

